Configuring A Dns Server For Enhanced Web Authentication; Configuring The Switch To Access A Radius Server - ProCurve 2900 Manual

Web and MAC Authentication

Configuring the Switch To Access a RADIUS Server

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Configuring a DNS Server for Enhanced Web
Authentication
If you use a host name to configure access to a web server on which custom­
ized login web pages are stored, you must first configure a Domain Name
System (DNS) server to resolve the web server's host name into a target IP
address. (If you specify an IP address to configure a web server, it is not
necessary to configure a DNS server.)
For example, the following web-server host name requires the configuration
of a DNS server to resolve the host (
(
accounts.procurve.com
http://webserver1.accounts.procurve.com
To configure switch access to a DNS server to support the use of a host name
in the aaa port-access web-based ewa server command, follow the instructions
in the "Diagnostic Tools" section in the Troubleshooting chapter of the Man­
agement and Configuration Guide.
Configuring the Switch To Access a
RADIUS Server
RADIUS Server Configuration Commands
radius-server
i
[host < p-address>]
[key < global-key-string >]
i
radius-server host < p-address> key <server-specific key-string>
This section describes the minimal commands for configuring a RADIUS
server to support Web-Auth and MAC Auth. For information on other RADIUS
command options, refer to chapter 5, "RADIUS Authentication and Account­
ing" .
webserver1
) into a target IP address:
) and domain name
below
below
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